Greet/wish someone Hello, Namashkaar or Assalam-o-alaikum?

[Lun-14]

Hi

When an English meet someone, they say: Hello, Hi etc.
When a Hindu meet someone, they say: Namashkaar, Namastay.
When a Muslim meet someone, they say: Assalam-o-alaikum.

So can I say:
A Muslim greeted/wished Assalam-o-alaikum to me when they met me in the college.
A Hindu greeted/wished Namashkaar/Namastay to me when they met me in the college.
An English greeted/wished Hello/Hi to me when they met me in the college.

Thanks a lot

 

[entangledbank]

You would normally say 'greeted me with namastay', but 'wished me namastay'.

 

[Barque]

When an English speaker meets someone...

An English speaker greeted/wished me with Hello/Hi to me when they met me in the college.

And similarly, it is "When a Hindu/Muslim meets someone", not "meet".

but 'wished me namastay'.

I wouldn't use "wished" with Namastay, only "greeted with". It means, roughly, I bow to you.

 

[Lun-14]

Thank you Barque sir, what verb would you use with "Assalam-o-alaikum" (A Muslim way of greeting someone)?

And, why wouldn't you use "wished" with Namastay? What type of greetings would you use "wish" with and what greetings would you use "greet" with?

 

[se16teddy]

A Muslim greeted/wished Assalam-o-alaikum to me when they met me in the college.
A Hindu greeted/wished Namashkaar/Namastay to me when they met me in the college.
An English greeted/wished Hello/Hi to me when they met me in the college.

I wouldn't use any of these He said ... to me when he met me. Or maybe He greeted me with a ... (but greet is not a word I use really.)

Greet cannot take an utterance as its object.
Hello and hi are not wishes - I'm not sure about the others.

 

[Barque]

The word "wish" goes with greetings where you wish for something for the other person. When you say "Happy Birthday" or "Good morning" you're essentially saying "I wish you a happy birthday" and "I wish you a good morning". For that reason, it doesn't go with Namastay, in my opinion.

As salaamu aleikum means "Peace be upon you". I think "greet" is the right word. He greeted me with/greeted me by saying "As salaamu aleikum".